I think they skipped a horseman, this must be a sign of the coming apocalypse. Have you seen the commercials for Stouffer’s new website, During Dinner, in which kicky “Mom” Anne Callaway has coffee and “Mom” Talk with friends, deals with the Callaway Kids, and manages to host a rollicking conversation-filled dinner every night! And … Read more
DANCE Neo-Classical Choreography Having grown up in New York, with a dancer as a sister, I am utterly spoiled when it comes to dancing, particularly ballet. And without offending our local dance companies, I must say that I was extremely please when dancer/choreographer James Sewell made his way back home to Minneapolis in 1993, after … Read more
Game #78, Home Game #39–Dallas 105, Minnesota 88 1. KG “Hurt”–And Gone for Good? For the first time in a dozen years, there is a distinct possibility that the Minnesota Timberwolves will not take the floor with Kevin Garnett to start the year in the 2007-08 season. Garnett has been put on the shelf with … Read more
There, there now. We got that fat Bronx monkey off our backs until July. Doesn’t that feel a whole lot better? And after the bloodletting of the last couple nights wasn’t it nice to see Ramon Ortiz go out there and attack the Yankee hitters with what looked like a solid gameplan? To see a … Read more
Gary Kamiya at Salon has as thorough an indictment and theory for how all levels of the mainstream American press screwed up after 9/11 and before the invasion of Iraq. It’s a long-ish read, but both cogent and provocative. The mainstream press — your local newspaper, the local TV news and all the national outlets … Read more
The upside to every one of these Don Imus-style broadcast faux pas is the “national dialogue” we get for a few days afterward. Everyone reports and weighs in, usually expressing dismay at the blunder and/or condemnation at the commonplace nature of this kind of stuff. It’ll disappear with the next Anna Nicole DNA report, but … Read more
THEATER AND PERFORMANCE Talk about Dark Humor Tonight is the opening — or rather, re-opening — of Jeune Lune’s Figaro. If you didn’t see it last time around, don’t miss it. And if you did see it last time around, you already know — don’t miss it. First presented in 2003, Jeune Lune’s Figaro is … Read more
I have been thinking, talking and looking at alot of Audis lately. Not too long ago someone mentioned on The Road Rake that Audis were pieces of crap (no need for literary flourish here). This is true. The early model A6s with the 2.8 liter engine were prone to electrical gremlins and leaks. Today, however, … Read more
Goodness gracious, as my mother would say. Goodness fucking gracious. What the hell can you say about a ballgame like that? Well… It only counts as one. It’s still early. Tomorrow’s another day. It’s a long season. It’s a marathon not a sprint. The sun ain’t gonna shine on the same dog’s ass every day. … Read more
THEATER AND PERFORMANCE High Art Meets Low Art Who would have thought that The Simpsons and Shakespeare would ever come together? You really have to see it to believe it. MacHomer, written and performed by Rick Miller, is a one-man show featuring over 50 voices from TV’s favorite dysfunctional family, the Simpsons, in a comedic … Read more